Pretty Filthy
Musical
“The production’s 90 minutes reel by quickly, with a couple of central themes, and a central couple, standing out from the often bawdy proceedings …The result, depicted with admirable sympathy by the creators and performers, has complicated repercussions.”
Inspired by a tradition of classic musicals about show business, Pretty Filthy is the untold showbiz musical, based on interviews with adult entertainers. Armed with their notepads and recorders, Ms. Wohl and The Civilians crossed the mountain range that divides Hollywood from the "other Hollywood"—the San Fernando Valley, world capital of porn. Pretty Filthy is ultimately a story about trying to make a life and a living in an ever-changing world—a task that's all the more complicated when your work is so intimately tied to customer "satisfaction." Book by Bess Wohl, Music/lyrics by Michael Friedman. Directed by Steve Cosson. Produced by The Civilians.